Bottle-opening implement



Dec 11, 1928.

W. C. HI ERING BOTTLE OPENING IMPLEMENT Filed Dec. 30, 1926 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 11,1928.

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This inventionrel'atesto'de CQSfo open ing ordinary bottles, and likecd "taine It is a further feature to combine with;

the handle a powerful lever suited to engage a bottle cap and remove it from its seat with facility. v p j Another purpose is toproduce a device that can be manufactured at a moderate cost and which presents a pleasing appearance.

These and analogous objects are attained by the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and delineated in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in p which: v

Figurel is a rear view of an embodiment of the implement.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof. Figure 3 is afront view thereof.

Figure 4' is a transverse sectional view taken on line 4 40f an enlarged scale.

Figure 5 is a similarly-enlarged front view of an inner tubular structural element.

' Figure 6 is an enlarged transverse sectional View taken on line6-6 of Figure 2'.

. The outer shell or casingiof the implement consists of a plate of sheet metal die formed to present a substantially channel shaped Figure 1 and drawn to cross section its curved back 10 blendingby. 11 androunded corners into parallel sides at one end to'form a closure 12.

At the opposite end a similar curved wall 13 is extended beyond the edges of the side walls, its terminal member being inbent to constitute a hook 14.- adapted to engage below the rim of an. ordinary bottle cap, its

forward edge 15 being curved for'that purpose and't'he sidewalls llrecessed'at '16 to receive the bottle mouth.

Obviously when the hook is inserted be low the edge of a cap and the channel handle portion operated as'a lever the cap will be forced from: its seat and the bottle-opened.

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channel 'backj 10.

form dn ,the end of La helical cork-screw casing and tlie 'coils of the cork-screw fl's'ub i stantially fill the space between the Side "walls 11. v 1

The tube 18 has acentral opening 22 from which a slit23 extends to one end and at thev other'side'of the opening is a passage 24 its width being'slightlyless than the diameter of the wire from \VlllCh'thQ cork-screw is constructed. The outer end of the passage 24.- is bevelled outwardly as'at 25 to permit the corks i screw'to drop by gravity a suflicient amount:

to allow it to be grasped conveniently,-the

position being shown in Figure 2. v

pon grasping the extending portionof at bath-ends this rivet? p U it tightlyagamsfthe'innerf surfaceo f 'the et 'lso passes throughlaneye' 19 the cork-screwv and forcibly drawing. it outward,'away from the casing, its stem portion enters the passage 24 spreadingthe tube to permit movement as the cork-screw turns on its pivot 17. untilit has assumed a position. at a right angle to its handle and is received in the opening-22 by which it is held in'op-,

erative position due the tube 18. v 'To close the'cork-screw it is merely ne'c essary to reverse the operation of opening it,

causing it to foldwithin the is its normal position. Although the foregoing is to the spring effect/of I descriptive of andle, which the/preferred embodiment of the invention, i

it will be apparent that minor changes may be made in its construction, without the ere ercise of invention or conflicting with i the scgpe of the claims hereto appended.

aving thus described myiinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- :ters Patent, is 1. A foldable corkscrew comprising a channel shaped handleof U-shaped crosssection having parallel sides'and closed ends.'a I

split tube intermediate the length of said handle, a wire corkscrew havinga shank provided with a coiled eye atone end, a rivet passing through said handle. and tube on .which the eye is pivoted, and a longitudi-- nal cam slotin saidtube for holding the g 2. A foldable cork-screw comprisin a' channel shaped handle having closed en s, a split spring tube, a rivet passing transversely through the sides of said handle to bind said tube against the inner surface of the handle, said tube havin a cam slot, and a helically bent wire cor c-screw pivoted on said rivet Within the tube, the diameter of the cork-screw wire being in excess of the main portion of the tube slot whereby it is normally held Within the handle and when extended held rigidly at a right angle.

A foldable cork-screw comprising a channel shapedhandle having closed ends, a split s ring tube, a rivet passing transversely t rough the sides of said handle and tube, a cork-screw pivoted within said tube on said rivet, and means in said tube to hold said cork-screw in either of its adj usted positions.

4i Afoldable cork-screw comprising a channel sha ed handle having closed ends, one of sai ends being extended, a split spring tube intermediate the length of said handle, a rivet passing through said handle and tube, and a corkscrew pivoted on said rivet, said tube having a slot of lesser width than the diameter of the shank and a recess toi'eltain said cork-screw rigidly when extended at a right angle to said handle and to loosely ,retain the cork-screw within the handle when disposed therewithin. r

This s ecification signed this twenty-third day ofv ecember, 1926; v

a 7 WILLIAM C. HIERING. 

